Whole30 Enchilada Sauce

It’s incredibly easy, too. Just dump everything in a pot on the stove, and let it simmer for a few minutes.

Really, that’s it. It stores for a couple of weeks so you can either use the whole thing in a pan of enchiladas or you can pull it out and spoon some over your breakfast all week long.

One morning I took some leftover Southwest Cabbage Slaw, threw a fried egg on top and drizzled some warm enchilada sauce. Huevos Rancheros Saladero? I dunno, but whatever you want to call it, this enchilada sauce brought new life to those sometimes-mundane Whole30 egg breakfasts.

And Whole30 aside — this is the best homemade enchilada sauce I’ve ever made. You know I love to make my own homemade staples, and I’m excited to add this one to my file!

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5 comments on “Whole30 Enchilada Sauce”

I just used it and my enchiladas were outstanding :D ! It’s a great recipe and easy to make. There may be better recipes for this sauce, somewhere, but I haven’t found any, and it beats anything you can buy in a can :D :D

My mom’s homemade enchilada sauce is naturally free of any oils. As a Mexican, these ingredients are a little odd, especially the arrowroot powder and date paste (we don’t like our sauce sweet). And we wouldn’t use chili powder; we use actual dried chili peppers and blend them into a sauce. But you definitely have to use cumin.

Hi Liz! This recipe was intended to be a quick, Whole30-compliant version and not an authentic enchilada sauce. Nothing quite compares with ground up dried chiles, but this is a good sauce to make in a pinch. Whole30 requires a lot of prep work and not everyone is going to want to do that on top of all of the other food prep.

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